A UK-based think tank has revealed that British-Indians are some of the best performing ethnic groups in the UK regarding education and employment, says a Monday report. The report titled “A Portrait of Modern Britain: Ethnicity and Religion” was published by the think tank.

According to the results, Indians stand out as the most concentrated ethnic group in the UK. Even so, British-Indians lead the list in home ownership rates. The report is startling in asserting that 71% of British-Indians own their homes either freehold or on a mortgage.

Thus, the study underlines that the concept of “ethnic minority” represents a vast diversity becoming increasingly difficult to categorize for public policy purposes. Indeed, the report goes on to comment as follows: “The diversity contained within the term ‘ethnic minority’ is now so broad—both within each minority and between minorities—that considering ethnic minorities as a monolithic group for public policy purposes is increasingly meaningless.” Of course this all again points up the potential importance of taking account of the specific experiences and concerns of different ethnic communities.

Using data from the 2021 census, this study revealed that more than one in three Indians residing in England and Wales are found to live in London, thus accounting for 35.2% of the population. Thus, this concentration once again articulates the significant presence of British-Indians and contributes to the cultural and economic character of the city.

Moreover, the survey reveals that 56% of respondents attributed their life’s success to close ties with their family. Such a focus on family support underscores the extent to which community and family networks contribute toward achievement and individual well-being.

The report also deals with the category of ‘South Asians’ which just reflects that this label usually erases the economic and social disparities between Britain’s Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi populations. It says, “This category does not only serve to mask over noteworthy economic and social disparities between Britain’s Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis—but also means that very real forms of diversity within these sizeable groupings at times go unrecognised.”

The research framed its conclusions from an analysis of the 2021 Census data, in addition to a survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,000 individuals from different ethnic backgrounds and also additional samples of 1,400 ethnic minority respondents with 200 of each from Black African, Black Caribbean, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, and Mixed-Race communities.

This is a very comprehensive research piece that would focus people’s attention on British Indians’ evident significant contributions to the educational and economic streams of the UK as well as the need for different policies that understand different experiences within ethnic minority groups.